Sync with 2.33.8

* maint-2.33: (27 commits)
  Git 2.33.8
  Git 2.32.7
  Git 2.31.8
  tests: avoid using `test_i18ncmp`
  Git 2.30.9
  gettext: avoid using gettext if the locale dir is not present
  apply --reject: overwrite existing `.rej` symlink if it exists
  http.c: clear the 'finished' member once we are done with it
  clone.c: avoid "exceeds maximum object size" error with GCC v12.x
  range-diff: use ssize_t for parsed "len" in read_patches()
  range-diff: handle unterminated lines in read_patches()
  range-diff: drop useless "offset" variable from read_patches()
  t5604: GETTEXT_POISON fix, conclusion
  t5604: GETTEXT_POISON fix, part 1
  t5619: GETTEXT_POISON fix
  t0003: GETTEXT_POISON fix, conclusion
  t0003: GETTEXT_POISON fix, part 1
  t0033: GETTEXT_POISON fix
  http: support CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR
  http: prefer CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION to CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION
  http-push: prefer CURLOPT_UPLOAD to CURLOPT_PUT
  ...

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
             pool: ubuntu-latest
           - jobname: linux-gcc
             cc: gcc
-            pool: ubuntu-latest
+            pool: ubuntu-20.04
           - jobname: osx-clang
             cc: clang
             pool: macos-latest
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.ci-config.outputs.enabled == 'yes'
     env:
       jobname: StaticAnalysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh